top of page

Awards Update: Pre-Precursor Forecast

November 23, 2025
By:
Hunter Friesen

Awards Update: The First Oscar Predictions of the Season

June 13, 2025
By:
Hunter Friesen
Hunter Friesen

Last Updated: 11/25/2025        Next Update: 12/18/2025

1
One Battle After Another
2
Hamnet
3
Sinners
4
Frankenstein
5
Marty Supreme
6
Sentimental Value
7
It Was Just an Accident
8
Jay Kelly
9
Wicked: For Good
10
Avatar: Fire and Ash

Best Picture

1
Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another)
2
Chloé Zhao (Hamnet)
3
Jafar Panahi (It Was Just an Accident)
4
Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value)
5
Guillermo del Toro (Frankenstein)

Best Director

1
It Was Just an Accident
2
Sinners
3
Sentimental Value
4
Marty Supreme
5
Jay Kelly

Best Original Screenplay

1
One Battle After Another
2
Hamnet
3
Frankenstein
4
Train Dreams
5
Wake Up Dead Man

Best Adapted Screenplay

1
Timothée Chalamet (Marty Supreme)
2
Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another)
3
Wagner Moura (The Secret Agent)
4
George Clooney (Jay Kelly)
5
Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon)

Best Lead Actor

1
Jessie Buckley (Hamnet)
2
Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value)
3
Amanda Seyfried (The Testament of Ann Lee)
4
Chase Infiniti (One Battle After Another)
5
Cynthia Erivo (Wicked: For Good)

Best Lead Actress

1
Stellan Skarsgård (Sentimental Value)
2
Sean Penn (One Battle After Another)
3
Paul Mescal (Hamnet)
4
Adam Sandler (Jay Kelly)
5
Benicio del Toro (One Battle After Another)

Best Supporting Actor

1
Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another)
2
Ariana Grande (Wicked: For Good)
3
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (Sentimental Value)
4
Elle Fanning (Sentimental Value)
5
Gwyneth Paltrow (Marty Supreme)

Best Supporting Actress

1
One Battle After Another
2
Sinners
3
Marty Supreme
4
Jay Kelly
5
Wake Up Dead Man

Best Casting

1
Sinners
2
One Battle After Another
3
Frankenstein
4
Hamnet
5
Marty Supreme

Best Cinematography

1
One Battle After Another
2
Sinners
3
Hamnet
4
Frankenstein
5
Marty Supreme

Best Original Score

1
I Lied to You (Sinners)
2
Golden (KPop Demon Hunters)
3
Dear Me (Diane Warren: Relentless)
4
Train Dreams (Train Dreams)
5
The Girl in the Bubble (Wicked: For Good)

Best Original Song

1
One Battle After Another
2
Hamnet
3
Marty Supreme
4
Sinners
5
Sentimental Value

Best Film Editing

1
F1: The Movie
2
Avatar: Fire and Ash
3
Sinners
4
Wicked: For Good
5
One Battle After Another

Best Sound

1
Frankenstein
2
Wicked: For Good
3
Marty Supreme
4
Hamnet
5
Avatar: Fire and Ash

Best Production Design

1
Frankenstein
2
Wicked: For Good
3
Hamnet
4
Sinners
5
Marty Supreme

Best Costume Design

1
Frankenstein
2
Wicked: For Good
3
Sinners
4
The Smashing Machine
5
28 Years Later

Best Makeup & Hairstyling

1
Avatar: Fire and Ash
2
F1: The Movie
3
Frankenstein
4
Superman
5
Wicked: For Good

Best Visual Effects

1
KPop Demon Hunters
2
Zootopia 2
3
Arco
4
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
5
Elio

Best Animated Feature

1
It Was Just an Accident (France)
2
Sentimental Value (Norway)
3
The Secret Agent (Brazil)
4
The President's Cake (Iraq)
5
No Other Choice (South Korea)

Best International Feature

1
The Perfect Neighbor
2
2000 Meters to Andriivka
3
Cover-Up
4
The Alabama Solution
5
Apocalypse in the Tropics

Best Documentary Feature

bottom of page